#E8C848#E8C848

#E8C848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.147 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C848
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -2.28, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 65.35, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0123 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.147 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1055, 58.9352, 14.6027)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C848 #4868E8

analogous

#E87848 #E8C848 #B8E848

triadic

#E8C848 #48E8C8 #C848E8

tetradic

#E8C848 #48E878 #4868E8 #E848B8

square

#E8C848 #48E878 #4868E8 #E848B8

split-complementary

#E8C848 #48B8E8 #7848E8

monochromatic

#A18514 #D8B21B #E8C848 #EFD87E #F6E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E8C848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C848

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C848	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.147 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d882',
    500: '#e8c848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c848;
$custom-light: #f3d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8377,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C848

secondary

#3047A4

accent

#5AF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C848

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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